France's DZ mafia suspected founder captured in Algeria

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:41 Issued on: 06/08/2026 - 12:00 Mehdi Laribi, one of the suspected founders of DZ mafia, a criminal organization based in Marseille, was arrested in Algeria in late July. The arrest was made public on Wednesday by French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin, who hailed Algiers' support and cooperation in combating drug trafficking around the Mediterranean. Story by Laurent Berstecher. Keywords for this article